Chapter 379 Pink Corner
The next day, Jiangxia didn't get up until seven o'clock.
Li Xiuxian is preparing to go back to town to work.
Li Xiuxian said to Zhou's mother, "Mom, please ask me who is free to help me go out to sea!"
Li Xiuxian saw that Zhou's mother was unhappy last night, and the whole family was silent. They didn't dare to invite Zhou Junwen.
Of course, she said that because she couldn't help herself and couldn't help but compete with Jiang Xia.
Who made Jiang Xia order her to do this and that as soon as she got home?
But Jiang Xia was not affected at all, she ate what she was supposed to eat, and she enjoyed it very much! Instead, she was treated coldly by the whole family.
Seeing that she no longer wanted to invite Zhou Junwen, Zhou's mother's tone improved: "Okay, but fishing at sea is risky, hard, and takes a long time. It will cost at least three yuan a day for someone to be willing to do it."
Li Xiuxian gritted her teeth and nodded: "Okay, three yuan is three yuan!"
Her father and older brother earn 5 yuan a day each, and the gas costs at least 20 yuan. If they go to farther sea areas, 20 yuan is not enough.
This means the cost is at least thirty-three yuan per day.
There are not many expensive fish in the sea, and the abundant fish are not expensive, so you have to catch at least 100 kilograms of fish every day to break even, and only after 100 kilograms do you start making money.
Mother Zhou couldn't help but say, "Lei and his friends are going out to sea at 4:30 the day after tomorrow. Let's ask your father to get up early and come with them. There's a greater chance of big fish appearing before dawn. If they don't go out to sea until around 7:00, it will take more than an hour to start the boat and drag the net. By then it will be past 9:00! Others have already dragged a net. What else can you earn?"
Li Xiuxian knew it well: "I will tell them when the time comes and see if they can catch up. They are not used to getting up early at first, but it is only temporary. Once they get used to it, it will be fine."
Zhou's mother didn't say anything.
When Li Xiuxian left home, she happened to meet Tian Caihua riding a bicycle with two food baskets hanging on the handlebars.
Tian Caihua smiled and greeted Li Xiuxian: "Second sister-in-law, do you want to take a leave today and go with us to look at the stalls and shops? You are more educated and your vision must be better than mine. You can give me some advice and help me choose a popular shop. You know me, I can't even read a single word and can't even write my own name."
Someone who doesn't even know a single word is living a better life than her. How can she still act so high and mighty in front of her? Li Xiuxian's face turned black: "I'm busy. I have to go to work!"
Li Xiuxian said this and rode away on her bicycle.
Isn't it just buying a stall? I keep saying it every day, every day! Tian Caihua came here so early to stimulate Li Xiuxian. After enough stimulation, she happily walked into the courtyard: "Xiaoxia! Look what delicious food I brought for you!"
Tian Caihua was leaning on a bicycle, with two food baskets filled with a large plate of rice dumplings and a large plate of rice noodles steamed in a round winnowing basket.
"Mom, Xiaoxia, this is the rice noodle dumplings I made this morning with yam filling. You can have a try. I steamed this rice noodle while I was steaming the rice noodle skin. At noon, you can make some rice noodle soup for the children and heat up the rice noodle dumplings. Just let them eat it. You don't have to cook!"
Zhou's mother was surprised and asked, "You made it this morning? Didn't you get up very early to make it?"
This is a snack from Zhou's mother's hometown. Tian Caihua also learned how to make it from Zhou's mother.
To make rice dumplings, you need to soak the rice the night before, then grind the rice slurry the next day, and use the rice slurry to steam the rice dumpling skin. After steaming the rice dumpling skin, you need to stir-fry the meat and water chestnut grains as the filling. If you want it to be more fragrant, add some crushed peanuts as the filling, which means you need to peel the peanuts and stir-fry the peanut kernels.
Tian Caihua also added chopped peanuts, but she fried the peanut kernels last night, peeled off the skin of the peanut kernels, and ground them into grains for later use.
Tian Caihua smiled and said, "I usually get up at four o'clock to cook for Axin. I'm used to it. I thought Xiaoxia has never eaten cornstarch before. Mom, you don't have time to cook it. It happens that we don't have to go out to sea today, so I will cook it for Xiaoxia to try. When I was pregnant with Wenzu, I especially liked to eat it, and mom often cooked it for me."
"Xiao Xia, try it. If you like it, tell me and I'll make it for you."
I went out to sea with Jiang Xia and picked up two big gold bars. I have to express my gratitude in some way!
Otherwise, what if Jiang Xia doesn't take her next time? And she needs Jiang Xia to help her bargain when she wants to buy a stall today.
Those stalls have already started selling and have raised their prices.
Jiang Xia took a look at the rice dumpling. It was a thin layer of rice dumpling wrapping the filling. She had never eaten it before, but she knew how much trouble it took to make it. She smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
When Zhou's mother saw the rice noodle corners, she remembered that she should take advantage of the good weather in the next two days to steam some rice noodles and dry some rice noodles.
Every year, Zhou's mother would make some dried rice noodles and sweet potato noodles so that Zhou's father and sons could take them out to sea to make noodle soup when they went out to sea in the winter.
The Zhou family, father and son, all love the rice noodles and sweet potato noodles made by Zhou's mother.
Zhou's mother decided to start soaking the rice soon, grind it into pulp in the afternoon, and steam it in the evening.
Tian Caihua came into the house and put down the rice dumplings and homemade rice noodles.
At this time Zhou Chengxin also walked into the yard. There was only one bicycle in the house, so he came to the old house and rode his father's bicycle.
Zhou Chengxin asked Zhou Chenglei: "Which dried fish need to be transported to the city? I'll help you take two bags over. Just take the smallest two bags."
Zhou Chenglei was tying a load of baskets onto his motorcycle, and would soon deliver the dried fish to the city and the train station.
"For those bags on the ground, just help me carry one bag from each of your bikes."
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Tian Caihua walked out and took a look. Seeing that there were six bags in total, she said, "I'll bring two bags for you too!"
Jiang Xia said, "Sister-in-law, just help us carry one bag. One bag weighs fifty kilograms, which is too heavy."
Tian Caihua: "It's okay. I don't have to do anything to tie it to the bicycle."
In the past, Tian Caihua could transport 100 kilograms of fish to the city to sell on her bicycle.
"Really? We can tie three or four bags to our motorcycles. It's even easier to drive a motorcycle."
"Okay." Tian Caihua walked over and held the bicycle, while Zhou Chengxin carried a bag of dried fish into the basket at the rear of the bicycle.
A basket was tied to the back of Zhou's father's bicycle, just enough to hold a bag on each side.
A piece of wood was tied to Tian Caihua's bicycle, and Zhou Chengxin moved a bag of dried fish to it and tied it up.
The couple set off first.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei also set off after finishing breakfast.
The four of them agreed to wait at the agricultural machinery factory.
I received a call from the agricultural machinery factory a few days ago, saying that the tractors were available and I could drive them back.
Zhou Chenglei made an appointment to drive the tractor today because he happened to be delivering dried fish today.
The couple went to the agricultural machinery factory, paid the remaining balance, and could drive away the tractor.
Zhou Chengxin drove the tractor, put the two bicycles and all the dried fish on the tractor, and then set off to find Li Zhihua.
When Zhou Chenglei passed by the production team, he had already called Li Zhihua in advance and made an appointment to meet at the entrance of the seafood market at 11 o'clock.
This time, Zhou Chenglei also planned to buy an extra shop for Jiang Dong as a birthday gift, because Jiang Dong called him yesterday evening and said that he bought a courtyard house in Beijing as a gift for him and his wife.
Zhou Chenglei couldn't take advantage of his brother-in-law, so he could only make up for it in other places.